Directed by:
Mike NicholsScreenplay:
Carrie FisherCinematography:
Michael BallhausComposer:
Carly SimonCast:
Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Annette Bening, Conrad Bain, Simon Callow, CCH Pounder (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Based on Carrie Fisher's roman a clef, the story concerns a young actress who has recently gone through drug rehabilitation, and is trying to cope with not only the Hollywood scene but her own mother's, a former musical comedy star of the 50s and 60s, more socially acceptable alcoholism. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Mary Wickes
USA
Best movies:
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Little Women (1994)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Pepe Serna
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
George D. Wallace
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Minority Report (2002)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Evelina Fernández
USA
Best movies:
Flatliners (1990)
American Me (1992)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
JD Souther
USA
Best movies:
Purgatory (1999) (TV movie)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Always (1989)
Gary Jones
USA
Best movies:
Heartburn (1986)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Barbara Garrick
USA
Best movies:
Pollock (2000)
The Ice Storm (1997)
The Firm (1993)
Marcelo Tubert
Argentina
Best movies:
Over the Hedge (2006)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Book of Life (2014)
Sidney Armus
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Nickelodeon (1976)
John Verea
Best movies:
Space: Above and Beyond (1995) (series)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Susan Forristal
Best movies:
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Regarding Henry (1991)
Heartburn (1986)
Gary Matanky
Best movies:
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
An Innocent Man (1989)
Conrad Hurtt
Taiwan
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
René Assa
Egypt
Best movies:
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
Deep Cover (1992)
Walker (1987)
Bob Harks
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Die Hard (1988)
The Sting (1973)
Mark Lowenthal
USA
Best movies:
Newsies (1992)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Article 99 (1992)